Originally posted by zazzybob If you're using solaris passwd -e will change your login shell. Which OS are you using?
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ZB
this is the message I get when I login to the system :
passwd -e command does not work either, I think passwd command is locked for the users, because it gives a brief message when I type the passwd command on shell.
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I want to change the shellrite now I am in ksh shell , I want to switch to bash shell
I have tried the command ...
$ chsh -s /bin/bash
but it is showing error ....
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
vino-passwd
vino-passwd(1) User Commands vino-passwd(1)NAME
vino-passwd - change vino login password
SYNOPSIS
vino-passwd [--help] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
vino-passwd is a command line tool to change the vino login password.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options for the
command vino-passwd is included below.
-?, --help display this help and exit
-v, --version output version information and exit
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-remote-desktop |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO vino-server(1), vino-preferences(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)NOTES
Written by Halton Huo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.
SunOS 5.11 15 Aug 2008 vino-passwd(1)